CloudKitchens is a Los Angeles-based company that operates ghost kitchens and develops related technology. The company was founded in 2016 and was later acquired by Uber's cofounder Travis Kalanick. The company provides commercial kitchen spaces restaurants focused on food delivery, including production kitchens, CPG, meal prep, food prep, catering, and others, repurposing underutilized real estate and providing software to manage online orders.[1][2]
History
CloudKitchens was established in 2016 by entrepreneurs Diego Berdakin and Sky Dayton, with its first facility in Los Angeles, California.[3][4] In 2018, Travis Kalanick, cofounder of Uber, acquired a controlling stake in CloudKitchens' parent company, City Storage Systems, for approximately $150 million and became CEO.